"IT spending is expected to grow robustly at 10 per cent in CY25. Commentaries of the Top US banks and Hyperscalers are positive inclining towards increased Tech investments in CY25. Resumption or acceleration of migration and modernization programmes have started in major sub-segments of US banks, a part of Retail and Manufacturing," said the domestic brokerage.
Nirmal Bang believes that robust deal momentum with large deal wins continued across the sector, with TCS, LTIM, Wipro and both Coforge and Persistent securing substantial contracts. GenAI and automation initiatives are scaling up across all major IT firms, helping drive productivity gains and deal conversions.
"Near-term headwinds (delayed decision making, furloughs, cautious spending) are abating, setting the stage for demand recovery. We continue to believe that the sector is poised for a stronger FY26/FY27, with early discretionary spending recovery in BFSI, AI-driven deals, and cloud modernization momentum, backed by improving commentary of US banks and macro stability," it said.
Nirmal Bang has picked LTIMindTree (Target Price: Rs 7,267), Coforge (Target Price: Rs 9,875), Mphasis (Target Price: Rs 3,028) and TCS (Target Price: Rs 4,634 ) as its top buy picks, suggesting an upside potential of 33 per cent, 28 per cent, 17 per cent and 19 per cent, respectively. It has buy ratings on Infosys (Target Price: Rs 2,199), HCL Technologies (Target Price: Rs 1,970), Persistent Systems (Target Price: Rs 6,661) and Birlasoft (Target Price: Rs 585), signaling 15-22 per cent upside potential.
On the other hand, Nirmal Bang has suggested holding three stocks namely Wipro, Tech Mahindra and Zensar Technologies with target prices of Rs 335, Rs 1,851 and Rs 887, respectively. The brokerage sees a mild single digit upside in these three IT counters.